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HANSARDEU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing IndustryAs I have already said, there is obviously work to be done on this side of the channel and with our neighbours to improve some early problems, which we need to resolve. Officials…19 Jan 2021HANSARDEU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing IndustryMy noble friend is right that we should bear down on any waste, particularly on this issue. That is why, at official and ministerial level, there have been meetings with the…19 Jan 2021HANSARDEU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing IndustryMy Lords, I said that there would be a £100 million programme to modernise fleets and improve and increase the fish-processing industry. I also said that the agreement involved…19 Jan 2021HANSARDEU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing IndustryMy Lords, my experience, having been at Fisheries Councils where I have been with the Scottish Fishing Minister—and, indeed, the Welsh and Northern Irish—is the close…19 Jan 2021HANSARDEU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing IndustryMy Lords, on the specialised committee on fisheries, those matters are being worked through and there will be an update on that in due course. What I would I say to the noble Lord…19 Jan 2021HANSARDEU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing IndustryMy Lords, the Prime Minister announced that £23 million of funding is being made available to support the seafood sector. It will support those parts of the sector that have…19 Jan 2021HANSARDEU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing IndustryMy Lords, we will look at all ways to improve the passage of goods from this country to the EU and for a digital solution wherever possible. I understand that there will be…19 Jan 2021HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, I will take that back to the Secretary of State.14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, I can confirm to the noble Baroness that, while clearly we need to safeguard public money, we also think that the bureaucracy involved in the CAP was not proportionate.…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, I may need to look at Hansard to help the noble Earl. The new entrants’ support scheme, which we want to encourage, begins in 2022. The noble Earl may have been talking…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, it is an excellent organisation and I can confirm that it is among a number of bodies engaged in tests and trials.14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, as to any consideration in emergency cases of neonicotinoids, we are always guided by the best scientific assessment available. We will continue to do that and if there…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, I am a supporter of pastoral farming and can certainly confirm that the work we are doing, particularly the national pilot and the tests and trials, is to ensure that…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, in brief, yes—but in the tests and trials it is very important that, for instance among tenant farmers, 62% were upland tenant farmers. We are working in areas where…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, on the tree policy, anyone signing up to a grant agreement to plant woodland now will not be unfairly disadvantaged when ELM is introduced. It is very important that we…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, as we said in consideration of the Agriculture Bill, access will be part of the schemes, and work is under way in those areas. I look forward to working with your…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, I declare my farming interests as set out in the register. Plans for the ELM national pilot are progressing at pace. The pilot will build on the excellent work of 72…14 Dec 2020HANSARDEnvironmental Land Management SchemesMy Lords, the whole purpose of the reductions in direct payments is that they will remain within the agricultural pot. I confirm that any surplus, if there was one, would be part…14 Dec 2020HANSARDAgricultural Transition PlanI wish that the noble Lord, Lord Curry of Kirkharle, was here because we have been working very closely on the skills leadership group and the imperative, as the noble Baroness…08 Dec 2020HANSARDAgricultural Transition PlanMy Lords, as I said at the outset, and as my right honourable friend the Secretary of State said in his announcement, it is designed so that the reductions in the legacy direct…08 Dec 2020